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    May 2026 issue of Practical Boat Owner Magazine

    May 2026 Issue – out 12 March

    59 low cost upgrades to enhance your boat; How to reduce weather helm; Boat repairs in a Force 9 storm; Designing and building your own…

    April 2026 issue of Practical Boat Owner magazine

    April 2026 issue – out 12 February

    Sailmaker tips for getting new life out of old sails; NMEA wifi gateways tested; Wayfarer Weekended on test; Cruising hacks from liveaboard sailors; Solo skipper’s…

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    Stuck Fast! Narrowboat gets wedged in lock

    Stuck Fast! Narrowboat gets wedged in lock

    • August 3, 2009

    Sluice paddle error leads to stranding

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    Dave Selby Podcast ‘Mad about the boat’ Aug 2009

    • August 1, 2009

    Boat jumbles, eh? More bargains than you can shake a stick at! Hear about Dave's rumble in the jumble in the August 2009 podcast.

    At last: Napoli salvage officially completed

    At last: Napoli salvage officially completed

    • July 30, 2009

    Wreckage cleared from Branscombe

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    • July 29, 2009

    The Beta version of our new site is live, let us know what you think

    Coventry student designs eco-friendly superyacht

    Coventry student designs eco-friendly superyacht

    • July 29, 2009

    23-year-old Alastair Callender's pioneering new design

    North Wales Boat Show reports 12,000 visitors

    • July 28, 2009

    Organiser Ben Sutcliffe praised for enthusiasm

    Vandals slash sails at Cornish youth charity base

    • July 27, 2009

    Nine Laser Pico sails cut with stanley knife

    Cornish yacht theft couple ‘starved to death’ at sea

    Cornish yacht theft couple ‘starved to death’ at sea

    • July 24, 2009

    Decomposed bodies were found off Senegal in 2006

    Father mourns loss after Madonna stage collapse

    • July 24, 2009

    Twenty-three-year-old killed in Marseilles was ocean yachtmaster

    Vote for Geoff Holt at BA Great Britons site

    • July 23, 2009

    Help achieve transatlantic goal

    Photo Gallery: 2-handers race around the island

    • July 21, 2009

    New record set by winners

    North-east Mayday hoaxer strikes again

    North-east Mayday hoaxer strikes again

    • July 21, 2009

    VHF signal may have originated from Whitley Bay

    Can’t afford a boat? Here’s how to keep up appearances…

    Can’t afford a boat? Here’s how to keep up appearances…

    • July 21, 2009

    Company offers garage door disguises

    RYA and MAIB investigate tragedy at Kielder Water

    RYA and MAIB investigate tragedy at Kielder Water

    • July 20, 2009

    Father and daughter died after dinghy capsized during race

    Raymarine recalls SPX5 Sport Drive Pilot

    • July 20, 2009

    Potential component problem with product sold between Feb and July 2009

    North Korean dictator’s yachts seized in Italy

    North Korean dictator’s yachts seized in Italy

    • July 20, 2009

    Two vessels worth €13m in total paid for in cash

    Photo gallery: Hamble yacht Flying Fish refloated

    • July 17, 2009

    What's the damage? Howard's Way yacht holed below the waterline on Wednesday

    Bees swarm Florida yacht forcing crew overboard

    • July 17, 2009

    When insects attack at sea - scary...

    Sunken yacht creates hazard in Hamble entrance

    • July 16, 2009

    Howards Way boat Flying Fish sinks after evening race collision

    Zac Sunderland – youngest solo circumnavigator

    • July 16, 2009

    Due to finish voyage today in Los Angeles

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